Ethernet Support Guide for HP-UX 11i v3

determining latest version installed, 15
Ethernet parameters
configuring, 21
configuring overview, 21
displaying, 21, 23
unsupported (iether), 38
utilities for configuring, 21
Fast Ethernet, 6, 8, 13
features supported, 13
Gigabit Ethernet, 7, 13
installing and verifying, 15
installing software, 15
obtaining software, 15
startup files
list of, 22
startup scripts, 21
supported features described, 9
types of cards supported, 8
verifying Ethernet LAN installation, 16
duplexity
displaying and configuring, 25
E
error messages
accessing, 54
ping test, 46
Ethernet cards
cabling requirements, 62
Extended MIB statistics, 63
statistics, 66
Ethernet LAN installation
verifying, 16
Ethernet parameters see drivers, Ethernet parameters
Ethernet Station Address, 24
Excessive Collisions, 66
F
Fast Ethernet
cards, 5
drivers, 6, 8, 13
overview, 5
FCoE see Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
FCS Errors, 65
Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
described, 9
Flex-10
bandwidth allocation, 10
described, 9
driver support, 12
functions
display of, 19
FlexFabric
described, 9
flow control
configuring, 29
displaying and configuring, 27
displaying current setting, 28
driver support, 12
parameters per driver, 27
flowcharts see troubleshooting
Frames Too Long field, 66
ftp session
transport-level testing, 47
full-duplex mode
displaying and configuring, 25
G
gateway loopback test, 48
Gigabit Ethernet
cards, 6
drivers, 7, 13
overview, 6
Gigabit Ethernet cards
error and logging messages, 54
H
half-duplex mode
displaying and configuring, 25
hardware problems
troubleshooting, 39
host command statistics, 67
hosts
hosts command, 58
network layers test, 44
transport layers test, 47
HP Auto Port Aggregation (APA) see Auto Port
Aggregation (APA)
HP Converged Infrastructure see Converged Infrastructure
HP Flex-10 see Flex-10
HP FlexFabric see FlexFabric
HP Serviceguard see Serviceguard
HP-UX drivers see drivers
HP-UX Ethernet
manual reference pages, 58
HP-UX LAN provider see LAN provider
I
IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging and stripping
described, 10
driver support, 12
ifconfig command
function, 58
testing, 53
Inbound Discards
in nwmgr output, 65
Inbound Errors
in nwmgr output, 65
Inbound Octets
in nwmgr output, 65
Inbound Unicast Packets
in nwmgr output, 65
Inbound Unknown Protocols
in nwmgr output, 65
Index field, 65
Interface
meaning in nwmgr output, 16
interface statistics, 67
Internal MAC Receive Errors, 66
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